Yoav Shamir’s DEFAMATION Opens in NY/LA

by Andre Soares | Nov 18, 2009 | | 1 Comment    

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European Film Award nominee and a very likely contender for the 2010 best documentary feature Academy Award*, Yoav Shamir’s Defamation opens on Friday, Nov. 20, in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and other cities across the United States.

The film info below is from distributor First Run Features’ website:

"Intent on shaking up the ultimate ‘sacred cow’ for Jews, Israeli director Yoav Shamir embarks on a provocative — and at times irreverent — quest to answer the question, ‘What is anti-Semitism today?’ Does it remain a dangerous and immediate threat? Or is it a scare tactic used by right-wing Zionists to discredit their critics?

"Speaking with an array of people from across the political spectrum (including the head of the Anti-Defamation League and its fiercest critic, author Norman Finkelstein) and traveling to places like Auschwitz (alongside Israeli school kids) and Brooklyn (to explore reports of violence against Jews), Shamir discovers the realities of anti-Semitism today. His findings are shocking, enlightening and — surprisingly — often wryly funny."

* I was wrong. Surprisingly, Defamation failed to be shortlisted by the Academy’s Documentary Branch.


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One Response to “Yoav Shamir’s DEFAMATION Opens in NY/LA”

  1. Jack M. on November 19th, 2009

    I can’t believe that this wasn’t included in the Academy’s shortlist either. Perhaps the filmmaker didn’t submit it in time for the awards? That would be a possibility, right? Those things happen.

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